Rookie points - J.Schultz vs Yakupov
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What do you mean not being used to an intense schedule he plays three games in three nights sometimes in the ahl
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Schultz will still get prime PP minutes... Yak will have to share the time with Hemsky, Ebs, Nuge, Hall, Smyth and possibly Horcoff & Gagner.
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Schultz will be the #1 point man in what will be one of the best pp's in the league.
No contest.
No contest.
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This. I think yaks will have some growing pains this year. He will at times get 3rd line and limted ice time and will see only the 2nd unit. Shultz will actually be thrown right into big minutes and 1 unit pp time.
IT isn't a big deal, yaks is 19 and Shultz is 22. I think Shultz will win ROY and get about 40 points in 48 games.
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Yakupov has been also playing in the KHL other the world junior tourney. The KHL is right up there with the AHL.
Maybe not one of the best forwards overall with the learning curves but one must suspect his point totals will still be up playing in Krueger's system.
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I would love to see the two of them as Calder finalists 
Also voted Schultz on the poll, though to be fair, I've seen far more of him than Yakupov; Schultz was a joy to watch in the AHL, and I have no doubt that his game will translate well to the NHL level.
Also voted Schultz on the poll, though to be fair, I've seen far more of him than Yakupov; Schultz was a joy to watch in the AHL, and I have no doubt that his game will translate well to the NHL level.
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Schultz he will be playing on the 1st unit powerplay with Nuge which will help a ton, secondly he will get more ice time, and lastly I see Yak getting benched a few times as part of the learning process, which will hurt his points totals even more during a shortened season.
is this a good place to talk about how awful this list of Calder candidates is?
http://thehockeywriters.com/top-10-calder-trophy-candidates-for-the-2013-nhl-season/
blatant homerism from the author.
http://thehockeywriters.com/top-10-calder-trophy-candidates-for-the-2013-nhl-season/
blatant homerism from the author.
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Jonathan Huberdeau in the Calder race? That's laughable
But seriously, for the poll, Yakupov. For the Calder, Dat Schultz.
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That might be one of the worst prediction lists I have ever seen.
As for the thread and my personal predictions,
Yakupov 16-13-29 (prorates to a 50pt season in 82 game season).
Schultz 9-23-32 (prorates to a 55pt season in 82 game season).
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He doesn't even have Tarasenko or Schwartz listed, both of them will likely have top six spots with the Blues.
Interesting question,MMmmm.
Yakupov will gel with Gagner and MPS immediatly and his game will translate flawlessly to the NHL so i see him scoring 20+ goals this year from the 2nd line and because i see Gagner realising the need to support Yakupovs shooting prowess with a double pronged shooting threat and hence scoreing at a career pace himself there will be lots of assists to go around,I think Yakupov will be close to a PPG.
Schultz will also see his game translate well to the NHL and as mentioned he will be eating up the PP minutes and racking up the points,I see him also as close to a PPG player.
I think the deciding factor will be how Yakupov does on the second PP unit,and because I think he will be deadly efficient due to his natural quick release and excellent decision making I say Yakupov takes the contest in the last 8 games of the year as Schultz is forced to tighten up as the Playoffs approach and games get more intense.At this exact time our style will still be generating PP opportunitys so it will be a toss up aside from Schultzes slower pace 5 on 5,which will show itself with about 8 games to go.Moma2 thinks Yakupov will earn the Rookie scoring title but Schultz will win the Calder because of his 5 on 5 scoring that helps us into the playoffs.RNH will benefit most from Schultz points wise and Gagner will benefit most points wise from Yakupov.I also call RNH and Sam 1/2 in the team points race this year.Sorry Ebbs but this is a new game 5 on 5 now with J Schultz and we will really see the effect multiplied at the NHL level,the points will be much more evenly spread out on the 1st line,|Ebbs goal scoring % will likely hit a career high this year with Schultz presenting a consistant threat from the outside but his assists will suffer.Its the Gagner/Yakupov connection I am most excited about,we already had very good{now great with J.S} offense from the back end but we did not have great secondary scoring from our 2nd line which we will now have.
We are going to force teams to alter their defensive setups and break their top pairings to adjust to this secondary threat,and this just makes execution easier for everyone at the NHL level.And draws more penaltys as well.
Yakupov will gel with Gagner and MPS immediatly and his game will translate flawlessly to the NHL so i see him scoring 20+ goals this year from the 2nd line and because i see Gagner realising the need to support Yakupovs shooting prowess with a double pronged shooting threat and hence scoreing at a career pace himself there will be lots of assists to go around,I think Yakupov will be close to a PPG.
Schultz will also see his game translate well to the NHL and as mentioned he will be eating up the PP minutes and racking up the points,I see him also as close to a PPG player.
I think the deciding factor will be how Yakupov does on the second PP unit,and because I think he will be deadly efficient due to his natural quick release and excellent decision making I say Yakupov takes the contest in the last 8 games of the year as Schultz is forced to tighten up as the Playoffs approach and games get more intense.At this exact time our style will still be generating PP opportunitys so it will be a toss up aside from Schultzes slower pace 5 on 5,which will show itself with about 8 games to go.Moma2 thinks Yakupov will earn the Rookie scoring title but Schultz will win the Calder because of his 5 on 5 scoring that helps us into the playoffs.RNH will benefit most from Schultz points wise and Gagner will benefit most points wise from Yakupov.I also call RNH and Sam 1/2 in the team points race this year.Sorry Ebbs but this is a new game 5 on 5 now with J Schultz and we will really see the effect multiplied at the NHL level,the points will be much more evenly spread out on the 1st line,|Ebbs goal scoring % will likely hit a career high this year with Schultz presenting a consistant threat from the outside but his assists will suffer.Its the Gagner/Yakupov connection I am most excited about,we already had very good{now great with J.S} offense from the back end but we did not have great secondary scoring from our 2nd line which we will now have.
We are going to force teams to alter their defensive setups and break their top pairings to adjust to this secondary threat,and this just makes execution easier for everyone at the NHL level.And draws more penaltys as well.
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I'll take Schultz. Hard to argue with a guy that went point for point with Eberle. I'll go even farther and say that Schultz will be the highest scoring rookie this year.
